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Loved by modern audiences through portrayals by the likes of Keira Knightley (pictured), Elizabeth Bennet did not win publishers' hearts at first.TWO days after receiving her copy of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen wrote to her sister, Cassandra. "I want to tell you that I have got my own darling Child from London," she announced with delight. She had always noted with sympathy and interest the difficult pregnancies and long, painful childbirths her female relations had undergone, but the "gestation" of her "own darling Child" went on far longer than any pregnancy and was infinitely less hopeful of a positive outcome than anything her sisters-in-law endured.
According to Cassandra Austen (who recorded these dates after her sister's death and whose memory could be faulty), Jane Austen sat down at a table in Steventon parsonage, dipped her quill in the ink pot and began to write the novel that would become Pride and Prejudice some time in October 1796. She had already written the hilarious stories of her juvenilia, the tale of a ruthless adulteress called Lady Susan and an epistolary novel known then as Elinor and Marianne. Just like her heroine Elizabeth Bennet, Jane was 20 years old, the age for attending balls at the Basingstoke Assembly Rooms, the age for falling in love. Very recently she had danced and flirted with Tom Lefroy, a handsome young Irishman, and she had fallen in love with him. The excitement of her first love affair, the energy it roused in her, surged into her story. The quill flew across the pages and by August of the following year her story was complete.
It would be one of the world's great literary "finds" if the original manuscript of her novel were to be unearthed in a trunk in a dusty attic somewhere. But such a treasure is most unlikely ever to be discovered and all we can do is speculate about that lost version.
We do not even know if, like Elinor and Marianne (the early version of Sense and Sensibility), it was epistolary in style: that is, totally written in the form of letters sent between the various characters, as were Fanny Burney's Evelina and Samuel Richardson's Clarissa. Letters are certainly important in the text (44 are either given in full or referred to) and much vital information is conveyed via correspondence by Mr Darcy, Miss Bingley, Mr Collins, Lydia, Mrs Gardiner and others. Yet the structure and sparkling dialogue of the finished novel more closely resemble a play than an epistolary novel. Austen had been discussing Fielding's Tom Jones with Tom Lefroy and that energetic novel was not epistolary. It seems more probable that this novel was her first attempt at writing in the more standard novel form.
She called her book First Impressions. It was a good title, giving an important clue to the central concerns of her story. We see Elizabeth's first mistaken impressions of Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham, so significant within the novel, as are her first correct impressions of Mr Collins and Lady Catherine, and that first vital impression of Pemberley, which goes so far in correcting her wrong first impression of its owner. Elizabeth's father succumbed to first impressions by marrying Miss Gardiner, and lived to regret it. Elizabeth has to learn about pre-judging and judging, to discriminate between initial impressions and true recognition.
Having written her book, Austen was naturally keen to see it published. Her family, who were her first readers, all enjoyed it and her father decided to help. Late in 1797 he wrote to a London publisher, Thomas Cadell, bringing this new literary work to his attention.
Mr Austen may have been an excellent clergyman, but he was no salesman. "I have in my possession a Manuscript Novel, comprised in three Vols. About the length of Miss Burney's Evelina," he informed Cadell. He went on to enquire about the expense of publication and offered to send the manuscript to London.
Not a word about the wit and charm of his daughter's novel, no enticing hints as to its plot. It's hardly surprising that Cadell scrawled across the top of the letter "declined by Return of Post".
But Austen did not put her manuscript in a bottom drawer and forget about it. During the following years she joked in letters about family friend Martha Lloyd wanting to learn it by heart so that she could get it published herself. A young niece recalled talk between the sisters of "Jane and Elizabeth", accompanied by laughter over the characters. It was typical of Austen to take refuge from her disappointment in laughter, but she didn't forget her book and clearly hoped that she might succeed in getting it printed. One wonders if Mr Austen tried other publishers for his daughter.
She continued to tinker with her novel. Probably in the early 1800s she changed its title. A Mrs Margaret Holford had got in before her and published her First Impressions, so something new had to be found. Fanny Burney's novel Cecilia uses the phrase "pride and prejudice" (printed in capitals and used three times in a single paragraph towards the closing pages of the book) and Jane Austen was very familiar with that novel. The phrase also occurs in the contemporary History of England (in which the pride and prejudice of Henry VIII are spoken of), in Oliver Goldsmith's poem Retaliation and in Dr Johnson's The Idler of 1758. Lord Chesterfield used the phrase in his letters to his son, and the poet Charles Churchill used it in his satire Independence. The phrase that is so unutterably familiar today was also deeply familiar to Austen when she took it up and employed it as her title. Probably about 1803 and 1804, she made other changes to her work, possibly very considerable ones.
And then Pride and Prejudice lay dormant, known only to select friends and relations. Austen left Steventon, moved to Bath and then to Southampton. Her father died, family money decreased, her single status grew ever more confirmed.
She started a novel called The Watsons but gave it up for unknown reasons. No one wanted her writing.
While a publisher purchased her Susan (later published as Northanger Abbey) in 1803, he did not actually publish it. To a hopeful author, this was all most discouraging. Austen could so easily have shrugged her shoulders and resigned herself to giving up writing. Posterity can be eternally grateful that she did not. In 1809, Austen, her mother and her sister moved to the village of Chawton. Back in her beloved Hampshire countryside, established in a house for which no rent was due, with more time to herself and a more settled routine, Austen returned to literary composition.
Perhaps Cadell's rejection of First Impressions still rankled, for it was not that novel she picked up. Elinor and Marianne had been drastically revised, probably in 1797, and was now Sense and Sensibility. This was sent to Thomas Egerton of Whitehall some time in late 1810 and was accepted on condition that it was published at the author's own expense. Although sure that it would cost all her very modest savings, Austen was encouraged to make the attempt. In 1811, at long last, she saw one of her works in print when Sense and Sensibility, "by a Lady", appeared in October of that year.
Finally, there was encouragement. Her book sold well, was read and liked by the royal family, received good reviews, and brought its author a profit of £140. Had its reception been poor, the world would probably never have known Pride and Prejudice, as Austen would have had no money with which to risk a second unsuccessful attempt.
The comedy of Mr and Mrs John Dashwood, the passion of Marianne and the moving constancy of Elinor opened the way for the arrival of Elizabeth and Darcy, the Bennets and Mr Collins on the literary scene. Austen immediately began the "alterations and contractions" mentioned by Cassandra Austen. In her own words, she "lop't and crop't" Pride and Prejudice, fine-tuning during 1812, making whatever changes she thought necessary to her book.
At the end of that November she had good news: "P. & P. is sold. – Egerton gives £110 for it. – I would rather have had £150, but we could not both be pleased."
Egerton, who, unlike Cadell, had seen the potential of her book, had secured the copyright for himself and wasted no time in publishing it.
This is an edited extract from Happily Ever After — Celebrating Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Susannah Fullerton, published by Frances Lincoln, $29.99.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


text: Entrée to the ArtsThanks to a generous gift from the Ehlers family, Hamline students are connecting to the art world through internships and travel. Leonardo Lasansky has never forgotten some advice he once received: If you want to learn how something works, get as close to the machinery as you can. "When I was in school in the 1960s, film was the vehicle of expression for our generation," said Lasansky, an artist-in-residence at Hamline who recently retired from teaching studio arts. "I took a course on film production and I asked the professor about pursuing the craft. He told me that I needed to get as close to the machinery as possible. Just get myself into the environment, then watch what happens." Lasansky has kept those wise words in mind for the past twelve years as he has helped dozens of Hamline undergraduates get close to the art world's machinery by interning at some of the most prestigious art museums. In addition, Lasansky has traveled with students to cultural hotspots, connecting them to artists, museums, and art dealers through his contacts all around the globe. He has given them eye-opening experiences that have prepared them to launch their own arts-related careers. "I really believe that young people can do remarkable things if they're given the opportunity, if they are put in the right environment," Lasansky said. The students are beneficiaries of a connection between Lasansky and Thomas Ehlers '59 and his wife, Sandra McCartney Ehlers. Tom had a longtime career in retail management and is a former trustee of Hamline, and Sandy is an artist and author. Both are staunch supporters of financial aid for students. They also have an abiding love for the arts. In the late 1990s, they were thinking of creating a scholarship fund in memory of Tom's mother, an "amazing woman who worked very hard to put herself through school," Tom said. "I always felt that if she'd been given the right opportunities, there would have been no limit to what she could do." With the creation of a fund already in mind—but not quite settled on how to focus it—the couple visited campus and was impressed with an exhibition of Francisco Goya's prints (as part of España, a university-wide festival) that was curated by Lasansky. They became friends with Lasansky, who proposed that Hamline students would benefit from financial support for experiential learning, particularly arts internships, which tend to be unpaid. The Ehlerses agreed, and thus was born the Genevieve Rust Ehlers Endowed Fund, which supports educational travel and museum internships for studio arts and art history students. "Art is so important because it's the birthplace of creativity," Sandy said. "It is such a positive aspect of our culture, and experiences in the arts can lead to all sorts of different careers for students." Lasansky has worked closely with the fund, matching students to internships and experiences specifically tailored to their interests and talents. "These opportunities must match what the students' skills are, so I hand-fit them to a situation that makes the most sense, both for the student and the museum," he said. The students often do graduate-level work for the museums, and the experiences have led to employment in the arts for many of them. The first two interns, in 2001 and 2002, worked at the Museum for African Art in New York City, and both were later hired by the museum. Other interns have helped create a show at the Louvre and have researched Rembrandt's etchings and dry points in the print and drawing room of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Several have pursued their artistic passions at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Lasansky currently is negotiating potential internships at an exhibition in Florence, Italy, and at a conservator in Amsterdam. "I'm a firm believer that front-loading young people's lives is the way to go, to get them quickly on track and to support them while doing it," he said. These experiential learning opportunities are known as high-impact educational practices, according to Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP), an initiative of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Internships that provide students with direct experience in a work setting create opportunities for connections with and guidance from professionals in a field of the student's interest. Such connections can often bridge the gap between classroom work and the real world. "The fine arts are important to Hamline's liberal arts mission," said Tony Grundhauser, vice president for development and alumni relations. "It's important that we help students in the arts be prepared for whatever they choose to do, whether it's a career in the arts, further arts education, or something else entirely. The Ehlers Fund fits perfectly with supporting students in experiential learning." The Ehlerses couldn't be more pleased with the success of the program. Their generosity has made it possible for students with financial need to pursue meaningful hands-on work in the arts and to make connections that help them realize they can be deeply involved in the art world without having to be the next Van Gogh. "We wanted to give students an extraordinary opportunity to jump into the art world—to open their eyes to the possibilities available to them," Tom said. "It's unbelievable, the things they do and experience, and it has transformed their lives. We are just delighted." Rayna Olson '09 Art history major, studio arts minor Art at Hamline: When Olson declared an art history major, she didn't think it was the most practical option. "I started in economics and pre-med because I believed I needed to study something that would get me a job," she said. "But I hated it. I really loved art, first and foremost." Olson was interested in learning more about how art and society interact. Ehlers Fund internship: Olson received two scholarships from the Ehlers Fund. She assisted the registrar at a local private collection of early twentieth-century American art. After graduation, Olson interned for six months in the contemporary arts program at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. She did extensive background research to compile information for exhibition labels or to assist the curator in writing articles about the collection. What's next? Olson is executive assistant to the chief curator of the MIA. She assists with special projects, museum policy research, and managing permissions for the use of images in catalogs and other publications. Olson maintains a small art studio for block printing, collage, and drawing. "I want to continue to create art," she said, "but I can also see myself doing project management for arts-related nonprofits." Rebekah Marzahn Coffman '12 Art history and religion majors, Spanish minor Art at Hamline: Coffman intended to be an environmental studies major until she took an entry-level art history course that changed her perspective. "It had never occurred to me that art could have such an incredible impact in forming the very foundations of human perception," she said. She was hooked and began digging deeper into the connections between social, political, and religious issues as reflected in art. Ehlers Fund internship: Coffman is interning in the Department of Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Sculptures at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. She works as a research assistant and is focused on a series of six bronzes for an upcoming exhibition. She has conducted encyclopedic, observational, and historical research; read primary sources of Greek and Roman mythologies; and made iconographic comparisons to other works. What's next? Coffman plans to attend graduate school at some point. In the meantime, her internship has been extended until spring 2013, and she spent February conducting research at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Zach Cramer '12 Studio arts major, art history minor Art at Hamline: Cramer started out as an engineering major at another school. "It turns out engineering wasn't creative enough for me," he said. So he transferred to Hamline to focus on the fine art of intaglio printmaking. "Learning printmaking at Hamline was wonderful," Cramer said. "I could truly focus on the medium. I became very knowledgeable about it, much like students who study painting or sculpture intensively for four years." Ehlers Fund internship: Cramer interned in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts during the summer of 2011. "The collection has 80,000 prints and drawings, but only so many can be on view to the public at a time," he said. "So the department functions as a working library or archive where people can make appointments to study the full collection." Cramer's job was to organize, document, and research donated works so that patrons had access to each item in the collection as it grew. "This curatorial work helped me realize how a museum's archival systems work," Cramer said. "Spending hours building a large repository of images was a positive experience. As a visual artist, everything you see becomes part of your language, whether consciously or subconsciously." What's next? Cramer said his eyes were opened to the art world and its possibilities. "I was able to network and talk with many artists, and that's something I didn't really know how to do before," he said. "I met a lot of people who have had positive influences on me." Cramer is a graphic designer at the University of Minnesota and an art handler at Schaffer Fine Arts Services in Saint Paul. 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Actresses need to be pickier than men about with whom they work if they want to survive in the movie industry, suggests a new study.
"My research indicates that women in the film industry suffer a lack of access to future career opportunities when they tend to work with people who have collaborated frequently in the past," said Mark Lutter, lead author of the study and head of the "Transnational Diffusion of Innovation" Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Germany.
The majority of young women and men today would prefer an egalitarian relationship in which work and family responsibilities are shared equally between partners if that possibility were available to them, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California-Santa Barbara.
Both men and women are more likely to cheat on their spouses the more economically dependent they are on them, according to a new study.
"You would think that people would not want to 'bite the hand that feeds them' so to speak, but that is not what my research shows," said study author Christin L. Munsch, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut. "Instead, the findings indicate people like feeling relatively equal in their relationships. People don't like to feel dependent on another person."
For years social scientists have grappled with the question of why men receive far more media coverage than women, and now a new study reveals the answer.
Women are more likely than men to initiate divorces, but women and men are just as likely to end non-marital relationships, according to a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Millions of workers are employed in positions that deviate from the full-time, standard employment relationship or work in jobs that are mismatched with their skills, education, or experience. Yet, little is known about how employers evaluate workers who have experienced these employment arrangements, limiting our knowledge about how part-time work, temporary agency employment, and skills underutilization affect workers' labor market opportunities.
A sizable literature examines whether and why marriage affects men's and women's wages. This study advances current research in two ways. First, whereas most prior studies treat the effect of marriage as time-invariant, I examine how the wage effect of marriage unfolds over the life course. Second, whereas prior work often focuses on the population-average effect of marriage or is limited to some particular gender or racial group, I examine the intersection of gender and race in the effect of marriage.
Racial attachments are understood to be socially constructed and endogenous to gender, socioeconomic, and religious identities. Yet we know surprisingly little about the effect of such identities on the particular racial labels that individuals self-select. In this article, I investigate how social identities shape the racial labels chosen by biracial individuals in the United States, a rapidly growing population who have multiple labeling options.
This study examines whether working with a broker increases or reduces the payment received for the last client among female sex workers. Building on research on the informal economy and sex work, we formulate a positive embeddedness hypothesis, expecting a positive association, and an exploitation hypothesis, expecting a negative association. We analyze a large survey combined with intensive interview data on female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India. These data uniquely distinguish between the amount the sex worker actually received and the amount the client paid.
Lawyers keep the gates of public justice institutions, particularly through their roles in formal procedures like hearings and trials. Yet, it is not clear what lawyers do in such quintessentially legal settings: conclusions from past research are bedeviled by a lack of clear theory and inconsistencies in research design. Conceptualizing litigation work in terms of professional expertise, I conduct a theoretically grounded synthesis of the findings of extant studies of lawyers' impact on civil case outcomes.


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Czech Culture Minister Daniel Herman has told the ctk news agency Prague Castle had put pressure on him not to meet with the Dalail Lama during his visit to Prague. Mr. Herman said he was warned that, if he did so his uncle, Czech-born Auschwitz survivor George Brady, 88, who was one of the nominees to get a state award from the president on October 28th ,marking Czechoslovak Independence Day, would not receive the honour. According to Aktualne.cz George Brady was crossed off the list of nominees on Friday.
The lower house of Parliament has moved to curb bootleg wine production. The proposed amendment to the law envisages fines of up to 50 million crowns, up from the present 5 million, and sets down strict norms on the sale of barrel wine. If the bill wins approval in the Senate in its present form, barrel wine will only be able to be sold by wine producers and importers in special shops, so-called vinotekas, under strict conditions. Agriculture Minister Marian Jurecka argues that in some ways the bill is excessively stringent and has said he will try to get the Senate to modify it. The country's small wine-makers also fear that the new conditions could be devastating for their business.
Jaromír Jágr reached a career milestone on Thursday, scoring his 750th NHL goal, putting him third on the league's all-time scoring list, behind only Gordie Howe (who scored 801) and Wayne Gretzky (894). The Kladno-native is also third on the list of career points, 17 points shy of Mark Messier (1,887).
Admirers of the world-famous writer Franz Kafka can take part in a street event organized in his memory by the Franz Kafka Society in Prague. The half-day cultural festival named Kafka Forever is to take place on Friday (October 21) afternoon and evening between 3pm and 9pm in Prague's Dušní, or Holy Spirit Street, where a memorial to the author stands. The organizers have arranged a theatre performance, a concert and guided tours to Kafka's favourite haunts in the Lesser Town available in Czech and German.
The lower house of Parliament has voted to extend a diesel tax rebate program to livestock farmers and other agricultural workers. Currently the program, under which farmers are able to reclaim 40 percent of the consumption tax they pay on diesel gas back from the state, applies only to grain farmers. Under the present amendment it should also apply to fisheries and forestry workers. The amendment, which still needs to win approval in the Senate, aims to raise the competitiveness of Czech farmers in the EU.
The Czech Republic will send a field hospital to Iraq before the end of the year, Czech Television reported on Friday, saying the mission has received approval from both houses of Parliament. The team of 30 doctors, nurses and logistics support, which is to cooperate with American medics stationed in the vicinity of Mosul, should leave in December. The hospital should help treat allied troops and Iraqi soldiers injured in the fight against Islamic State militants in and around Mosul. The Czech military already has flight specialists in Iraq who are serving as instructors for Iraqi pilots flying the L-159 jets which Iraq acquired from the Czech Republic.
The majority of university rectors will not attend the traditional ceremony at Prague Castle marking Czechoslovak Independence Day on October 28th, Czech Radio reported on Friday. An academic boycott of the celebrations has taken place for several years in a row in a show of protest against the policies of President Miloš Zeman and the fact that reactors who have fallen into disfavor with the head of state do not receive an invitation to the event. The Rectors Conference says this is undignified and has accused Mr. Zeman of appropriating the public holiday. The president's spokesman Jiří Ovčaček warned that rectors who do not turn up for the event this year risk being crossed of the invitation list for good.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has stressed the need for the EU to present a united front in negotiations with Russia. Speaking at an EU summit of heads of government in Brussels the Czech prime minister said that while Russia's violation of international law in Ukraine presented a serious problem in communication, Russia must not be forced into isolation and the EU must maintain dialogue with the country. We need to cooperate with Russia on many issues, such as the crisis in Syria, the fight against terrorism and measures against climate change, Sobotka said.
The most common names for babies in the Czech Republic are Jakub for boys and Eliška for girls, according to the Czech Statistics Office. Both names were also the most popular last year. Eliška was the most popular name in 2012 before being overtaken by Anna, which is now third behind second-placed Tereza. Jakub has alternated with Jan as the most common boy's name in recent years.


text: Myself and others were extremely disappointed with Ulquiorra's death in the official Bleach manga, so I've taken it upon myself to draw out what could've possibly happened had Orihime pulled her head out of her ass and saved him. WARNING: UlquiHime. Any negative comments (or futile attempts at validating other ships that make even less sense (ie: IchiHime)) will be deleted. NOTE: READ RIGHT TO LEFT LIKE JAPANESE MANGA.


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My Life Without Technoviking: An Interview with Matthias Fritsch
Matthias Fritsch is an independent artist from Berlin, most well known for his work Kneecam No 1—the live video that brought Technoviking to the internet. Over a decade after he uploaded the clip that went viral, Fritsch now is enduring a long legal battle with Technoviking himself, who sued for the reproduction, proliferation, and unwarranted use of his likeness. In response to the process, Fritsch is making The Story of Technoviking, a crowd-funded documentary that aims to shed light on the legal issues surrounding viral images. Below, Fritsch talks about what it's like do battle in court with a viking, the ownership of images in the internet age, and hopes for his current project.
My Life Without Technoviking—since the trial began, Fritsch is no longer allowed to use images of the plaintiff's face.
DQ: Matthias, I'm of course curious about the video that originated it all. What was, for you, Kneecam No 1 (2000) before it became an internet meme? Why did you upload it to YouTube? Were you expecting such a viral reaction? What did you think when it happened?
What's (Really) Specific about New Media Art? Curating in the Information Age
This text has been written for the proceedings of the international conference "New Perspectives, New Technologies", organized by the Doctoral School Ca' Foscari - IUAV in Arts History and held in Venice and Pordenone, Italy in October 2011
The "portal" designed by Antenna Design to show net based art in the exhibition "Art Entertainment Network", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2000. Courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
In the late nineties and during the first decade of this century the term "new media art" became the established label for that broad range of artistic practices that includes works that are created, or in some way deal with, new media technologies. Providing a more detailed definition here would inevitably mean addressing topics beyond the scope of this paper, that I discussed extensively in my book Media, New Media, Postmedia (Quaranta 2010). By way of introduction to the issues discussed in this paper, we can summarize the main argument put forward in the book: that this label, and the practices it applies to, developed mostly in an enclosed social context, sometimes called the "new media art niche", but that would be better described as an art world in its own right, with its own institutions, professionals, discussion platforms, audience, and economic model, and its own idea of what art is and should be; and that only in recent years has the practice managed to break out of this world, and get presented on the wider platform of contemporary art.
It was at this point in time, and mainly thanks to curators who were actively involved in the presentation of new media art in the contemporary art arena, that the debate about "curating new media (art)" took shape. This debate was triggered by the pioneering work of curators – from Steve Dietz to Jon Ippolito, Benjamin Weil and Christiane Paul – who at the turn of the millennium curated seminal new media art exhibitions for contemporary art museums; and it was – and still is –nurtured by CRUMB - "Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss" - a platform and mailing list founded by Beryl Graham and Sarah Cook in 2000 within the School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture at the University of Sunderland, UK. As early as 2001, CRUMB organized the first ever meeting of new media curators in the UK as part of BALTIC's pre-opening program – a seminar on Curating New Media held in May 2001.
In the context of this paper, our main reference texts will be CRUMB-related publications, from the proceedings of "Curating New Media" (2001) to Rethinking Curating. Art After New Media (2010), a recent book by Beryl Graham and Sarah Cook; and New Media in the White Cube and Beyond, a book edited by Christiane Paul in 2008. Instead of addressing the specific issues and curatorial models discussed in these publications, we will try to focus on the very foundations of "curating new media", exploring questions like: does new media art require a specific curatorial model? Does this curatorial model follow the way artists working with new media currently present themselves on the contemporary art platform? How much could "new media art" benefit from a non-specialized approach? Are we curating "new media" or curating "art"? ...
The Postmedia Perspective
The following excerpt comes from the final chapter of my book Media, New Media, Postmedia, recently published in Italian by Postmediabooks, who kindly gave Rhizome permission to republish it in English. The book is an attempt to analyze the current positioning of so-called "New Media Art" in the wider field of contemporary arts, and to explore the historical, sociological and conceptual reasons for its marginal position and under-recognition in recent art history.


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Tigers Shine from the Three-Point Line
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COLUMBIA- Phil Pressey was 7-38 from the three-point range in SEC play but Pressey made 4 out of 8 three-pointers against the Rebels.
Mizzou was shooting 33.5 percent from three-point land but you wouldn't know it if you watched this game as the Tigers made 12 of 23 three pointers.
Perhaps the perfect example of the Tigers having a season-best performance from deep was Keion Bell. Bell had made just four threes all season long, but he made all 3 of his three-point shots in Mizzou's win.
"You know just stepping into my shot confidently and knocking it down you know. Every time we're on the road or in the hotel Phil's my roommate and he's just been talking to me about where he's going to find me, just stepping into it confidently and being confident in my shot," Bell said.
Coach Haith wasn't surprised by Bell's big day.
"I think it's just comfortability. Keion, he shoots just as much as anybody on our team. He's always in the gym shooting," Haith said.
And Coach believes Bell is just starting to get his offensive groove on.
"He knows his role as a driver but obviously as he's able to make some 3s that makes his game even more difficult," Haith said.
While the threes were falling, Coach Haith doesn't want the team to go away from its biggest strength.
"Our goal is we got 42 points in the paint. So I don't even want us to get away from understanding who we are as a team. We're a paint production team now. Those 3s come off dribble penetration or throwing it inside out I like that. I don't want us falling in love with the 3 point shot particularly in the early offense," Haith said.
For at least one Saturday afternoon, the Tigers offense put on a show whether it was from the perimeter or under the basket.


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Orange Juice | DNO276 | Released: 11/22/10
Domino are very honoured to announce the upcoming release of a comprehensive seven-disc anthology of one of the finest groups of all-time, Orange Juice. Coals To Newcastle will be released on November 22nd.
The boxset is made up of six audio compact discs and one DVD that contain the band's complete discography and other studio recordings as well as a collection of their BBC sessions. The DVD contains the band's two promotional clips for "Rip It Up" and "What Presence?!" (the latter directed by Derek Jarman), their four performances on The Old Grey Whistle Test and the rare posthumous concert video "Dada With The Juice". In total, Coals To Newcastle contains 16 previously unreleased tracks with another 23 tracks previously unavailable on earlier re-issues.
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Disc One: The Glasgow School
01. Falling And Laughing
02. Moscow
03. Moscow Olympics
04. Felicity (live)
05. Blue Boy
06. Lovesick
07. Simply Thrilled Honey
08. Breakfast Time
09. Poor Old Soul, Pt. 1
10. Poor Old Soul, Pt. 2
11. Louise Louise
12. Three Cheers for Our Side
13. (To Put It in A) Nutshell
14. Satellite City
15. Consolation Prize
16. Holiday Hymn
17. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 1
18. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 2
19. Wan Light
20. Dying Day
21. Texas Fever
22. Tender Object
23. Poor Old Soul (French version)
24. Poor Old Soul (instrumental version)
25. Simply Thrilled Honey (live)
26. Botswana (live)
27. Time to Develop (live)
28. Blue Boy (live)
-Tracks 1-3 originally released in February 1980 ( Postcard 7" 80-1).
-Track 4 included in some early editions of Postcard 7" 80-1 as a flexi-disc and also available in issue 5 of the Ten Commandments fanzine. The original master tape for this recording (which was a live cassette bootleg recorded by Malcolm Ross) was unable to be located, so a high-quality recording was taken from one of the original flexi-discs and has been included for anthropological purposes.
-Tracks 5, 6 originally released in August 1980 (Postcard 7" 80-2) .
-Tracks 7, 8 originally released in November 1980 (Postcard 7" 80-6).
-Track 9, 10 originally released in March 1981 (Postcard 7" 81-2) .
-Tracks 11-22 recorded in May 1981 and released in September 1992 as Ostrich Churchyard (DUBH 922)
-Tracks 23, 24 originally released in March 1993 (Postcard DUBH 934CD)
-Tracks 25-28 originally released on a limited bonus cassette included with some copies of the "Rip It Up" 7" single (POSP 547) in February 1983 as The Felicity Flexi Session: The Formative Years and come from the same show as track 4 on disc one.
Disc Two: You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
01. Falling And Laughing
02. Untitled Melody
03. Wan Light
04. Tender Object
05. Dying Day
06. L.O.V.E. Love
07. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 1
08. Upwards And Onwards
09. Satellite City
10. Three Cheers For Our Side
11. Consolation Prize
12. Felicity
13. In A Nutshell
14. Intuition Told Me, Pt. 2
15. Moscow
16. You Old Eccentric
17. Two Hearts Together (10" version)
18. I Can't Help Myself (7" version)
19. Tongues Begin to Wag
20. Barbeque
-Tracks 1-13 originally released in February 1982 as You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (POLS 1057)
-Tracks 14, 15 originally released in October 1981 as b-sides to the "L.O.V.E. Love" single (POSP 357).
-Track 16 originally released in January 1982 as a b-side to the "Felicity" single (POSP 386).
-Track 17 originally released in August 1982 (POSP 470).
-Tracks 18-20 originally released in October 1982 (POSP 522)
Disc Three: Rip It Up
01. Rip It Up
02. A Million Pleading Faces
03. Mud In Your Eye
04. Turn Away
05. Breakfast Time
06. I Can't Help Myself
07. Flesh Of My Flesh
08. Louise Louise
09. Hokoyo
10. Tenterhook
11. Rip It Up (12" version)
12. Snake Charmer
13. Lovesick
14. Flesh Of My Flesh (7" version)
15. Lord John White And The Bottleneck Train (12" version)
16. Flesh Of My Flesh (12" version)
17. All That Ever Mattered
-Tracks 1-10 originally released in November 1982 as Rip It Up (POLS 1076)
-Tracks 11-13 originally released in February 1983 (POSP 547).
-Tracks 14-16 originally released in May 1983 (OJ 4).
Disc Four: Texas Fever
01. Bridge
02. Craziest Feeling
03. Punch Drunk
04. The Day I Went Down To Texas
05. A Place In My Heart
06. A Sad Lament
07. Out For The Count
08. Bridge (Summer '83 version)
09. Poor Old Soul (new version)
10. Leaner Period
11. Move Yourself
12. The Day I Went To Texas (flexi version)
13. I Feel A Song Coming On [Craziest Feeling]
14. Bridge
15. The Day I Went To Texas
16. A Place In My Heart
17. Out For The Count
18. Chinese Eyes [Punch Drunk]
-Tracks 1-6 originally released in March 1984 as Texas Fever (OJMLP 1)
-Tracks 7, 8 originally released in February 1984 as b-sides to the "Bridge" single (OJ 5).
-Track 9 included in some copies of OJ 5 as a flexi-disc.
-Tracks 10, 11 originally released in March 1998 as part of the CD re-issue of Texas Fever (539 982)
-Track 12 was given away in March 1983 as a free flexi-disc included in copies of Melody Maker.
-Tracks 13-19 are previously unreleased mixes of tracks from the Texas Fever recording sessions.
Disc Five: The Orange Juice
01. Lean Period
02. I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive
03. Burning Desire
04. Scaremonger
05. The Artisans
06. What Presence?!
07. Out For The Count
08. Get While The Gettings Good
09. All That Ever Mattered
10. Salmon Fishing In New York
11. What Presence?! (12" version)
12. A Place In My Heart (12" dub version)
13. In A Nutshell (live)
14. Simply Thrilled Honey (live)
15. Dying Day (live)
16. Bury My Head In My Hands
17. Lean Period (12" dub version)
18. Rip It Up (live)
19. What Presence?! (live)
20. Burning Desire ("Alexis" mix)
-Tracks 1-10 originally released in November 1984 as The Orange Juice (OJHP 2)
-Tracks 11, 12 originally released in April 1984 (OJ 6).
-Tracks 13-15 included in some copies of OJ 6 as a limited edition cassette.
-Tracks 16,17 originally released in October 1984 b-sides to the "Lean Period" single (OJ 7).
-Tracks 18,19 included in some copies of OJ 7 as a limited edition flexi-disc.
Disc Six: BBC Sessions
01. Poor Old Soul
02. You Old Eccentric
03. Falling And Laughing
04. Lovesick
05. Upwards And Onwards
06. Wan Light
07. Felicity
08. Dying Day
09. Holiday Hymn
10. Three Cheers For Our Side
11. Blokes on 45
12. Mud In Your Eye
13. I Can't Help Myself
14. In Spite Of It All [Two Hearts Together]
15. Turn Away
16. What Presence?!
17. Salmon Fishing In New York
18. Bridge
19. BBC interview part one
20. BBC interview part two
-Tracks 1-4 taken from the first session recorded for John Peel, October 1980.
-Tracks 5-7 taken from a session recorded for Mike Read, January 1981.
-Tracks 8-11 taken from the second session recorded for John Peel, August 1981.
-Tracks 12-15 taken from the first session recorded for Kid Jensen, April 1982.
-Tracks 16-18 taken from the second session recorded for Kid Jensen, February 1984.
-Tracks 19, 20 taken from an interview conducted by Richard Skinner at The BBC in February 1983.
Disc Seven: Dada With (The) Juice
Rip It Up (music video)
What Presence?! (music video, directed by Derek Jarman)
Rip It Up (Old Grey Whistle Test, originally aired October 8th, 1982)
I Can't Help Myself (Old Grey Whistle Test, originally aired October 8th, 1982)
What Presence? (Old Grey Whistle Test, originally aired December 11th, 1984)
Out For The Count (Old Grey Whistle Test, originally aired December 11th, 1984)
Dada With (The) Juice:
Salmon Fishing In New York
Dying Day
Falling And Laughing
In A Nutshell
Simply Thrilled Honey
A Place In My Heart
Craziest Feeling
Rip It Up
Poor Old Soul
What Presence?!
The Day I Went Down To Texas
All That Ever Mattered / Diana
CD-DNO-276 | Domino | Out nowOut of Stock
Disc 01
- 01. The Glasgow School
Disc 02
- 02. You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
Disc 03
- 03. Rip It Up
Disc 04
- 04. Texas Fever
Disc 05
- 05. The Orange Juice
Disc 06
- 06. BBC Sessions
Disc 07
- 07. Dada With (The) Juice (Live DVD/Live Album)


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner mastered the postseason as a 21-year-old pitcher in 2010. Two years later, neither he nor the Giants are the same.
One night after ace Matt Cain was knocked around, Bumgarner gave up a solo home run to Ryan Ludwick and allowed three more runs before leaving in the fifth inning of the Giants 9-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of the NL division series Sunday night.
Just like that, San Francisco's hopes of making another push deep into the playoffs are in serious jeopardy.
At this point, manager Bruce Bochy just wants to get his team to a Game 4 in this best-of-five series.
That's a far cry from the last time Bumgarner pitched in the postseason when he became the fourth-youngest starter to win a World Series game.
So much has changed since then.
Tim Lincecum, the Giants two-time NL Cy Young Award winner who won the World Series clincher against Texas in 2010, is now pitching out of the bullpen. Ryan Vogelsong earned the starting nod for Game 3 in Cincinnati.
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San Francisco's only hits came on Brandon Belt's two-out single in the fifth and Pablo Sandoval's two-out double in the ninth.
Typical of the Giants night, Hunter Pence grounded out to shortstop to end the game after San Francisco put two runners on base.
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Bumgarner tied Cain with 16 wins during the regular season — nine coming at home — but faltered down the stretch when he lost four of his final seven starts.
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Ludwick was also instrumental in the Reds three-run fourth.
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"2morrow I speak at Long-term Global Trends & Their Implications for the IMF," Nouriel Roubini recently tweeted, which is typical, since he's everywhere and seemingly always reacts to the latest financial crisis in real time.
Davos, IMF meetings, on the phone with the ECB; you name it, he's there. It's enough to make one forget his day job as an economics professor at NYU's Stern School. In addition to teaching and travel, he's chairman of Roubini Global Economics, a research firm on global economic strategy whose website is a gathering place for leading voices on political and economic affairs. But don't take our word for it; Roubini.com has been named one of the best economics web resources by BusinessWeek, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist.
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I've gotta jet. No, really. I need sleep.
I took that over my shoulder on SW Blvd while riding at about 20 MPH. I can't believe it stayed in focus as well as it did. Flight fascinates me. And riding a bike, I think, is the closest I'll get to flying while staying on the ground.
I only have time for highlights.
- Another full round trip convoy. Karen was waiting for me when I got to the brewery.
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VIDEO NEWS: Tale of a trout stream
October 8, 2010
|Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stephanie Schmidt (left) leads Zephyr Mohr-Felsen '11 and Gregory Gauthier Jr. (visiting from the College of the Menominee Nation with Connie Rasmussen, not pictured) through Rice Creek to seine for fish that they will analyze as part of their "food web" analysis. St. Olaf's new isotope ratio mass spectrometer allows the researchers to analyze samples as small as a fin clipping, for example, to learn about who is eating what in the ecosystem's food chain.
Each summer St. Olaf science students and faculty engage in a wide range of research for 10 weeks. One of this year's projects involved students looking at how links between water and land influence the "food web" of the Rice Creek ecosystem. In other words, they took a close look at who is eating what in the ecosystem's food chain in order to help improve management of the area.
Three students assisted Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Stephanie Schmidt with the research: Zephyr Mohr-Felsen '11 and, visiting for the summer from the College of the Menominee Nation, Gregory Gauthier Jr. and Connie Rasmussen.
"This project was especially important to me because it linked my scientific interests to my involvement in local issues," says Schmidt. "Much of my research includes an applied component such as 'how can we use these findings to inform management?'" And being able to apply that at a local scale, she adds, is a valuable experience for students.
The project's field work involved catching trout, insects in the water, and insects and spiders on land from an area of Rice Creek just a few miles southwest of campus. Samples from the critters — including small bits of fin from the fish and tissue from spiders — were then run through the college's new isotope ratio mass spectrometer that has the capability to note the tiniest differences in the weight of elements. As one faculty member says, the spectrometer allows students to analyze substances "with a scalpel instead of a sledgehammer."
This ability can determine what kind of food an animal has been eating based on carbon-13 content, for example. And the amount of nitrogen-15 can help estimate how much meat an omnivore is eating. This type of analysis showed, for instance, that invasive reed canary grass in some areas of Rice Creek has reduced the amount and variety of food the trout can feed on, limiting them to leeches.
Partnering with concerned citizens
It is rare for a liberal arts college to have equipment of this caliber (in fact, St. Olaf is one of only four), and it was important for Schmidt that her students see the impact of their work and know that the data they collected would be used to help address a local issue. So she partnered the students with Bridgewater Township's Rice Creek Concerned Citizens group. One morning in early August Schmidt and her students presented their findings.
"As a Bridgewater Township supervisor, I'm looking for information that helps our town board decide what actions to take to preserve and protect this little trout stream and still allow a variety of future land uses," says Kathleen Doran-Norton, who co-chairs the Rice Creek Concerned Citizens group with St. Olaf Professor of Chemistry Paul Jackson '92. "Stephanie's work with the students gave us a good picture of the trout habitat. I appreciate the time she and her students took to carefully gather data specific to this local gem."
Schmidt calls the partnership a win-win situation: "The students learned valuable field and research skills, and Bridgewater got information they can use to manage and protect these ecosystems."
The print story above first appeared in St. Olaf's Posten newsletter mailed to Northfield-area residents.
Watch the video story, below, by David Gonnerman '90 and Dan Haywood '11:


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Network Working Group D. Levi Request for Comments: 4318 Nortel Networks Category: Standards Track D. Harrington Effective Software December 2005 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Status of This Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). Abstract This memo defines an SMIv2 MIB module for managing the Rapid Spanning Tree capability defined by the IEEE P802.1t and P802.1w amendments to IEEE Std 802.1D-1998 for bridging between Local Area Network (LAN) segments. The objects in this MIB are defined to apply both to transparent bridging and to bridges connected by subnetworks other than LAN segments. Table of Contents 1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework ......................2 2. Overview ........................................................2 3. Relationship to IEEE 802.1t and 802.1w Amendments ...............2 4. Relation to the BRIDGE-MIB ......................................3 5. Definitions for RSTP-MIB ........................................3 6. Acknowledgements ...............................................10 7. IANA Considerations ............................................10 8. Security Considerations ........................................10 9. Normative References ...........................................11 10. Informative References ........................................12 Levi & Harrington Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 4318 RSTP MIB December 2005 1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of RFC 3410 [RFC3410]. Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. MIB objects are generally accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the Structure of Management Information (SMI). This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580 [RFC2580]. 2. Overview This memo defines an SMIv2 MIB module for managing the Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) capability defined by the IEEE P802.1t [802.1t] and P802.1w [802.1w] amendments to IEEE Std 802.1D-1998 [802.1D-1998] for bridging between Local Area Network (LAN) segments. The objects in this MIB are defined to apply both to transparent bridging and to bridges connected by subnetworks other than LAN segments. 3. Relationship to IEEE 802.1t and 802.1w Amendments This document defines managed objects for the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol defined by the IEEE P802.1t and IEEE P802.1w amendments to 802.1D-1998. RSTP-MIB Name IEEE 802.1 Reference dot1dStp dot1dStpVersion (w) 17.16.1 ForceVersion dot1dStpTxHoldCount (w) 17.16.6 TxHoldCount dot1dStpExtPortTable dot1dStpPortProtocolMigration (w) 17.18.10 mcheck dot1dStpPortAdminEdgePort (t) 18.3.3 adminEdgePort dot1dStpPortOperEdgePort (t) 18.3.4 operEdgePort dot1dStpPortAdminPointToPoint (w) 6.4.3 adminPointToPointMAC dot1dStpPortOperPointToPoint (w) 6.4.3 operPointToPointMAC dot1dStpPortAdminPathCost (D) 126.96.36.199 Path Cost There are concerns that there may be changes made in the 802.1D-2004 edition that would lead to non-backward-compatible SMI changes for 802.1t and 802.1w managed objects in the MIB modules. The Bridge MIB working group decided to 'freeze' the technical content of the MIB modules at a level that is compatible with the 802.1t and 802.1w Levi & Harrington Standards Track [Page 2] RFC 4318 RSTP MIB December 2005 versions, and leave to the IEEE 802.1 working group any updates beyond this. For informational purposes only, these are the references for the above objects in 802.1D-2004 [802.1D-2004]. RSTP-MIB Name IEEE 802.1D-2004 Reference dot1dStp dot1dStpVersion 17.13.4 ForceVersionShow full document text


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Pommery Green Champagne
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French winemaker Pommery introduces its new champagne, Pop, just in time for New Year's Eve. NYT says the eco-friendly bubbly stays green by creating "sexual confusion" among hungry butterflies!
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Pfeiffer Wines
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Pfeiffer wines is located in Rutherglen, Victoria. Rolled out across all customer touch points, the logo incorporates the wineries historical past, character and colour of the region. Attention to production and printing quality, ensured a memorable identity.
Design by Frank Aloi
Good advice for the holidays : How to pour, store & pair Champagne
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To be sure, champagne is the beverage of choice during the holidays, but do you know at what temperature it should be served? How should it be stored? What is the difference between vintage and non-vintage Champagne? Veuve Clicquot, the esteemed French winemaker, answers these questions and more.
What is the difference between a vintage and a non-vintage Champagne?
By law in Champagne, France, you cannot display a year on the label of a bottle unless all the grapes which make up the Champagne in the bottle have been sources from one single harvest, in one single year. This is known as a vintage. Wine connoisseurs seek vintage champagnes; non-vintage blends are not as attractive and should never go for more than 10% over the regular current price, according to Veuve Clicquot.
Why buy a magnum?
Magnums, which are twice the size of a regular bottle (750 ml), are optimal for aging wine: during the aging process, the wine is "breathing" even through the cork.
Best vintages
According to Veuve Clicquot, the best vintages in Champagne since the turn of the 20th century, include the following years (from most recent to oldest); 1998, 1996, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1985, 1979, 1976, 1969, 1969, 1955, 1949, 1947, 1943, 1934, 1929, 1921, 1918, and 1904.
Pouring temperature
The pouring temperature of Champagne will vary depending on the kind you will be serving. Young non-vintage champagne, with no year on the label, should be poured around 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit). Mature wines, on the other hand, such as vintage Champagne, should be poured between 12 to 14 degrees Celsius (54 to 57 degrees Fahrenheit).
Pairing Champagne with food
What can Champagne be served along with? Champagne goes well with pasta salads, sea food, oysters, shrimps, light fishes and antipasti. It also goes well with a cheese course as well as with many desserts.
How long can you keep Champagne?
Veuve Clicquot says non-vintage champagne should be enjoyed upon release, but may be stored for up to two or three years. Vintage Champagne can age longer; from 10 to 25 years depending on the style of each vintage.
How to store Champagne
Veuve Clicquot recommends Champagne be stored in the same manner as any regular fine wine. It should be kept at a cool and continuous temperature, which is ideally 10 to 12 degrees Celsius (50 to 54 degrees Fahrenheit) or at most between 7 to 15 degrees Celsius (45 to 59 degrees Fahrenheit). In addition, Veuve Clicquot recommends a high humidity (over 75%), good ventilation and darkness to create the best conditions.
What is the best way to open a bottle of Champagne?
Remove the foil and the wire cage. Next, slowly twist the cork back and forth about a quarter of an inch, while allowing the pressure inside the bottle to force it up. Do not pull the cork out of the bottle; it should be gently released.
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Preece Wine
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Another beautiful project by Frank Aloi:
"Australia's leading illustrators were commissioned to create artworks inspired by the Mitchelton winery in central Victoria for the latest Preece re-branding. The rejuvenation has elevated Preece into the top 50 best selling wine brands in Australia."
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Ensemble Rose
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The concept behind this design was to emphasise the 5 different grape varieties that are blended to make this Rosé.
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Wellbeing in Education New Zealand (WENZ) is coming to the North Island for the first time in 2020 (at the Grand Millennium on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th April) and, due to the popularity of the conference in 2019, WENZ South Island conference is moving to a larger venue, at the Christchurch Town Hall (Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th April).
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The U.S. Intel Community's Demonization of Huawei Remains Highly Hypocritical
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We've noted for some time how Chinese hardware vendor Huawei has been consistently accused of spying on American citizens without any substantive, public evidence. You might recall that these accusations flared up several years ago, resulting in numerous investigations that culminated in no hard evidence whatsoever to support the allegations. We're not talking about superficial inquiries, we're talking about eighteen months, in-depth reviews by people with every interest in exposing them. One anonymous insider put it this way in the wake of the last bout of hysteria surrounding the company:
"We knew certain parts of government really wanted" evidence of active spying, said one of the people, who requested anonymity. "We would have found it if it were there."
Never mind that almost all U.S. network gear is made in (or comprised of parts made in) China. Never mind that years of reports have shown the United States spies on almost everyone, constantly. Never mind that reports have emerged that a lot of the spy allegations often originate with Huawei competitor Cisco, which was simply concerned with the added competition. Huawei is a spy. We're sure of it. And covert network snooping is bad. When China does it.
Worries over Huawei bubbled up again recently when the U.S. government pressured both AT&T and Verizon to kill off plans to sell Huawei phones here in the States. It should be noted that Huawei phones are already available here, and the company has worked with several U.S. companies to gain a foothold in the U.S. market (like when it partnered with Google on the Nexus 6P). It should also probably be noted that in the modern era, you can't really differentiate between where a company like AT&T ends and the NSA begins, given the telco's extreme enthusiasm for spying on American citizens itself.
This week, hysteria concerning Huawei again reached a fevered pitch, as U.S. intelligence chiefs, testifying before Congress over Russian hacking and disinformation concerns, again proclaimed that Huawei was spying on American citizens and their products most assuredly should not be used:
"At the hearing, FBI Director Chris Wray testified, "We're deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don't share our values to gain positions of power inside our telecommunications networks." Purchasing Huawei or ZTE products, Wray added, "provides the capacity to maliciously modify or steal information. And it provides the capacity to conduct undetected espionage."
Which values would those be, exactly? Would it be the values, as leaked Edward Snowden docs revealed, that resulted in the NSA hacking into Huawei, stealing source code, then attempting to plant its own backdoors into Huawei products? Or perhaps it's the values inherent in working closely with companies like AT&T to hoover up every shred of data that touches the AT&T network and share it with the intelligence community? Perhaps it's the values inherent in trying to demonize encryption, by proxy weakening security for everyone?
News outlets, semi-oblivious to their own nationalism, quickly ignored the NSA's hypocrisy when it comes to worrying about values and regurgitated the intel chiefs' concerns. Few could also be bothered to note that numerous investigations have culminated in bupkis, the NSA has routinely and consistently been caught doing precisely what they accuse Huawei of, or that American companies tend to drum up hysteria on this front simply because they're afraid of competition (protectionism we routinely and justly accuse China of).
Focusing on Huawei also seems semi-myopic, given the fact that Chinese hardware can already be found in an absolute ocean of products available here in the States, many of which are made by U.S. hardware vendors. It also ignores the fact that if somebody really wants to hack us, all they need to do is spend five seconds hunting down one of a million poorly secured internet of broken things devices, which create millions of new easily-exploited attack vendors annually in businesses and residences nationwide.
None of this is to say it's impossible that Huawei has helped the Chinese government spy, much like our own companies here in the States. But if you're going to discuss this subject, you can't have an honest conversation without highlighting our own hypocrisy on this front, given it's abundantly clear that we're perfectly OK with unethical behavior, backdoors, and spying with negligible oversight and accountability -- provided the United States is the one doing it.
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text: Kevin Ancel x Kelly Slater | The Pod 11/02/2015 Please join us for a PM Tenore curated art show featuring The Pod – a collaboration between Kelly Slater and Kevin Ancell: an homage to Blackfish and friends who have passed on Friday, Feb 13 at 6:00 PM at the Modern Hotel Honolulu, Sun Suite and Terrace.Kelly Slater...The Pod is a collection of boards Kevin Ancell and myself collaborated on. After watching the movie #Blackfish, I was so moved and perturbed with the wild captures and captive breeding of the Orcas that I felt compelled to paint my boards to mimic their markings. Kevin and I had been thinking about something we could do together for a couple of years and we happened to be on a trip together just as the idea occurred. So the first board we did was painted in Kevin's word art to say "BLACKFISH". Kevin initially saw it as my project but asked if he could start adding some of his color into the messaging and the second board was painted in the "DFW" tag. Soon after these two boards were made I contacted Gabrielle Cowperthwaite, the writer and director of Blackfish, to get her blessings on the informal project. We spoke about the subject matter and ongoing story of the Orcas with regards to Seaworld and other marine mammal parks' use (imprisonment?) of the animals and their captive breeding programs. Shortly after this conversation and a post on Instagram about the boards, I was contacted by Mark Simmons (works with Ocean Embassy) who previously worked with marine mammals for 14 years and has a further 17 years rescuing and rehabilitating them in the wild. He was interviewed, he says misleadingly, for the film. He had this to say... "The whales at Seaworld in particular are not suffering in any way, shape or form.There is peer-reviewed science that shows their population of whales out lasts two of the most studied wild populations (Southern and Northern Residents - Pacific Northwest) and is on par with the Alaska populations in terms of lifespan, longevity, infant mortality and average age of death." They say you have to choose your battles wisely in life and this actually becomes a complex battle which dives heavily into money, personal emotions and belief, animal regulations, etc. I'm pretty clear where I stand on it after hearing two sides... the majority of these mammals were originally kidnapped from the wild or captive-bred, both things I simply believe are wrong. They spend their whole lives in small pools only a few times longer than their bodies. These are majestic creatures born to travel great distances and are, in my eyes, a symbol of freedom and individuality. They shouldn't be on display for tourists to buy tickets to and make money for these parks. I don't believe the people coming to these parks are the ones who need educating on these animals and there have been no studies linking that knowledge to any protective measures having been taken by that audience of people in the wild. When I asked Kevin Ancell what he thought about the topic he just said, "Free the fucking whales." He also said he'd dance for you, too, if you 'brought him the only food he had a chance to eat' and he 'was stuck in jail'. So we took that idea about freedom and applied it to our friends who have passed on that had an influence on our lives and have used the boards as plaques to honor those people...some legends, some surfers, some just friends we knew at home.They've drowned or disappeared at sea or died of disease or old age. One was even senselessly and mysteriously murdered in my hometown. I don't have any tattoos so these are my markings. Our old friends are free now. We're hoping the new ones can have a better future and be freed again or for the very first time one day.